Mahavishnu Orchestra
One of the premiere fusion groups, the Mahavishnu Orchestra were considered by most observers during their prime to be a rock band, but their sophisticated improvisations actually put their high-powered music between rock and jazz. Founder and leader John McLaughlin had recently played with Miles Davis and Tony Williams' Lifetime. The original lineup of the group was McLaughlin on electric guitar, violinist Jerry Goodman, keyboardist Jan Hammer, electric bassist Rick Laird, and drummer Billy Cobham. They recorded three intense albums for Columbia during 1971-1973 and then the personnel changed completely for the second version of the group. In 1974, the band consisted of violinist Jean-Luc Ponty, Gayle Moran on keyboards and vocals, electric bassist Ralphe Armstrong, and drummer Narada Michael Walden; by 1975 Stu Goldberg had replaced Moran and Ponty had left. John McLaughlin's dual interests in Eastern religion and playing acoustic guitar resulted in the band breaking up in 1975. Surprisingly, an attempt to revive the Mahavishnu Orchestra in 1984 (using Cobham, saxophonist Bill Evans, keyboardist Mitchell Forman, electric bassist Jonas Hellborg, and percussionist Danny Gottlieb) was unsuccessful; one Warner Bros. album resulted. However, when one thinks of the Mahavishnu Orchestra, it is of the original lineup, which was very influential throughout the 1970s.
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Diskografie
12 Album, -en • Geordnet nach Bestseller
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Visions of the Emerald Beyond
Jazz Fusion & Jazzrock - Erschienen bei Legacy - Columbia am 13.05.1975
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Unreleased Tracks From Between Nothingness & Eternity (Live in Central Park, New York, NY - August 1973)
Pop - Erschienen bei Columbia - Legacy am 03.04.2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Love Devotion Surrender
John McLaughlin, Mahavishnu Orchestra
Rock - Erschienen bei Columbia - Legacy am 01.01.1972
Qobuz’ Schallplattensammlung16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Inner Mounting Flame
Jazz Fusion & Jazzrock - Erschienen bei Columbia - Legacy am 01.01.1971
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Inner Worlds
John McLaughlin, Mahavishnu Orchestra
Jazz - Erschienen bei Legacy - Columbia am 01.01.1975
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Essential Mahavishnu Orchestra with John McLaughlin
Jazz - Erschienen bei Columbia - Legacy am 03.09.2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Between Nothingness & Eternity
Jazz Fusion & Jazzrock - Erschienen bei Columbia am 01.11.1973
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Live At the Berkeley Community Theater 1972 (Live)
Jazz - Erschienen bei equinox am 07.07.2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Complete Original Mahavishnu Orchestra Columbia Albums Collection
Pop/Rock - Erschienen bei Columbia - Legacy am 30.07.2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Festival de Chateauvallon, 1972 (Live)
Jazz - Erschienen bei Hi_Q am 28.06.2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
S.U.N.Y. '72 (Live Binghampton, New York)
Rock - Erschienen bei Juniper Recordings am 24.04.2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Inner Mounting Flame - Birds of Fire - Between Nothingness and Eternity - Apocalypse - Visions of the Emerald Beyond
Jazz Fusion & Jazzrock - Erschienen bei Columbia - Legacy am 26.10.2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo